[SE] it's true, swear, scouts honour

JACK

hellraiser
risk taker

Alys absolutely has not forced this particular card to the surface, as Jack will happily inform Flora later, and the captain is also left with a raised brow and a softly tilted head as he watches the illusion swing over the card between them. "Yeah? Maybe you need to learn me more deeply," he counters, as if Jack isn't one of the most difficult people to read and get to know in Torchline. (As Alys will likely be able to tell, both with and without her magic).

"Well, it wasn't death," he mutters, already rising to his feet as the continued sounds of said bullshit rattle their way through the air towards the trio. "But that might be comin' to someone soon, if I got anythin' to say about it. Enjoy the rest of the readin', love - duty calls." Duty, business, bribery and violence - could be all of them, Jack isn't sure yet.

Either way, the captain drops a brief kiss to Flora's hair and offers a quick nod to Alys before leaving the ladies to it, disappearing off towards the markets to find out what has happened. He's sure Flora will tell him later if the cards mysteriously predict their marriage or a house with a white picket fence. And if she doesn't? Let's be honest, he'll find out anyway.

~FIN

full speed ahead
'til i'm dead